Back Bay Mission

06/10/2025

📣 Our 2024 Annual Report is now live!
Explore the powerful impact of our programs on those who need it most.

For 104 years, Back Bay Mission has remained committed to strengthening neighborhoods, seeking justice, and transforming lives — and we're just getting started. 💛

👉https://thebackbaymission.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Annual-Report-2024-Back-Bay-Mission.pdf

06/09/2025

This week, we're welcoming the friendly folks from Evangelical United Church of Christ to our campus! Looking forward to a week of strengthening neighborhoods, seeking justice, and transforming lives. 🧡💙

06/09/2025

MS Gulf Coast Community: Do you have thoughts or concerns regarding homelessness?

Join our upcoming Townhall on Homelessness to hear from experts, ask questions, and be part of the solution for our unhoused neighbors!

When? Monday, June 23 at 5:30 PM
Where? Ground Zero Blues Club Biloxi

Panel Members:
Councilman Paul Tisdale | City of Biloxi Ward 5
Dena Whitman, Ph.D | Open Doors Homeless Coalition
Rev. James Pennington | Back Bay Mission
Bobby Gillon | Gulf Coast Impact Investments

06/07/2025

Kicking off Pride the only way we know how! Come see us— here till 6! 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

06/06/2025

WOW! We’re incredibly grateful to Ingalls Shipbuilding for the generous donation of a 14-passenger van to Back Bay Mission!

Pictured here are Rev. James and Dhiana alongside Lisa Bradley, Manager of Stakeholder Engagement at Ingalls Shipbuilding.

This van will expand our capacity to deliver furniture and essential donations to those we've recently housed, and also support our programs across campus. It’s a meaningful step forward in supporting our neighbors on their journey out of homelessness!

06/05/2025

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06/05/2025

🌟 Meet Hazel Stone (she/he/they), our newest long-term intern from Tiffin, OH! 🌟

Hazel joins us from Heidelberg University, where she'll be studying Primary Education with a Writing minor. As an LGBTQ+ activist, Hazel has visited us for mission trips over the past two years, and we're excited she'll be serving with us until August 2025!

We're thrilled to have such a vibrant and passionate heart on our team here at Back Bay Mission. Please join us in giving Hazel a warm welcome! 💙

06/05/2025

A prayer on peace from Taylor New, our Marketing and Development Coordinator!

🙏🏾 Holy Spirit,

May your peace be with us, blanket over us, and go before us--preparing a way even when I cannot see hope.

When all feels lost, may I be reminded that your presence brings stillness and rest, and that your divine hand leads us through with peace and victory.

Amen.

-Taylor New
Back Bay Mission, Biloxi, MS

👉🏾 Read all of our , and share your prayers with us: https://ow.ly/Qtmp50W4xTN

06/03/2025

Our next Townhall on Homelessness on June 23 will be an open discussion on poverty in our community.

We welcome all concerned locals, small business owners, or civic groups to attend and share their opinions. A panel of local experts will answer questions and share their personal experiences.

Panel Members:
Councilman Paul Tisdale - City of Biloxi Ward 5
Dena Whitman, Ph.D - Open Doors Homeless Coalition
Bobby Gillon - Gulf Coast Impact Investments

Doors open at 5 pm.
Discussion starts at 5:30 pm.

06/02/2025

Friends of Back Bay Mission,
Our food pantry is running low of bottled water as we move into the summer months! Many of our guests have limited access to clean water, so this is an important item in our pantry!

If you feel inclined to donate, we accept drop-offs on campus, or Walmart Delivery to our campus at 1012 Division St., Biloxi MS!

05/29/2025

Did you know? Back Bay Mission has played a vital role in ending veteran homelessness on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

In 2014, we launched the first phase of our HomePort program, providing supportive housing for veterans who are disabled and chronically homeless. A year later, we expanded the program, bringing the total number of supportive housing units to eight.

But our work isn’t done. Many veterans in Biloxi and Gulfport still struggle with poverty. Thanks to our Veterans Support Fund, Back Bay Mission can offer additional services to veterans in need across all our programs!

05/28/2025

👋 Meet the faces behind the Mission!
At Back Bay Mission, our team is made up of passionate people working every day to strengthen neighborhoods, seek justice, and transform lives.

✨ Get to know the folks behind the work—visit our staff page and say hello when you see them around campus!

https://thebackbaymission.org/meet-the-team/